Matt, again just such joy watching another greatly-anticipated production/creation of yours herein. I love Ranga, and all their exceptional artful iterations... My 9B is a star in my collection. Just so undeservedly under-appreciated or "invisible" by most pen-video content creators. I have had mine for over five years and it still inspires that increasing height of "catharsis" by which we are all too-readily possessed when nib touch paper... that near-unintelligible "not-yet-words" our voice can't quite utter but is so easily seen on our faces when trying to explain "why fountain pen(s)" to non "'pen people." It's nothing fancy. Just some old, just another big old black "Ebonite," unsuspecting and intentionally unassuming "'pen", but for its gaze-grabbing proportions... and "but that nib though!" Anyway. I know you can relate. I love Ranga. And all you created herein are why.... Again, big thanks to you. Amazing, amazing what you do and I so appreciate how you always have that angle we "pen people" need but not often enough do we get... "from those others much like us."
Thanks for this nice introduction into Ranga pens. This spring I ordered two pens from them. One in ebonite and one in acrylics. Because you can order them in the way you want, you can make them personally meaningful. Which is something I did. Both pens really have a character of their own, which is something which is often missing from mass produced pens.
I was using Ranga Splendour as eyedropper. Never used any silicone grease or O ring. Didn’t have any problem with leaks/burping. But I always kept the pen almost full. Ranga offers No.8 nibs and Gold nibs as well.
Yes, they have so many threads and they're so well made that it doesn't surprise me that they'd work well without any modification. I've though about getting #8 nibs a few times, but the price is outrageous for no real benefit, so I haven't bothered. Gold nibs, though... that's on my list.
Hey Matthew! That's a sweet-looking pen. Even on video, the chatoyancy comes through beautifully. I love the nib and your thoughts about getting something that holds significance for you. Great message & I get it. More & more, I've been gravitating towards small, independent pen makers. I've thought about getting a Ranga more than a few times. I just need to figure out which model would work best for me. Awesome video as usual!🤘🏻
Great review! I love Ranga and like you use mine with a multitude of nibs. I bought mine from Peyton Street Pens in blue ebonite. Simple but great writer. As always wonderful well crafted video of extremely high quality. Thanks
I have a few of their pens, and they never fail to make me happy. They've all been comfortable, well made, and good writers... with one exception. I think that it was an Abhimanyu that had a bit of a scratchy nib... but it was a quick fix. Thanks for watching my videos 🙂
@@thewetpenyou are welcome. I appreciate the thoughtful and well articulated reviews and the efforts you put in your videos. I am a grateful subscriber. Ps: what is the name of the resin used in this pen by Ranga. It is not shown on their website and I am not on FB. Thanks in advance.
Always of interest, keep these measured reviews coming. Can I suggest a topic for review? Yamamoto fountain pen friendly stationery…buy various A4 packets and critique the lot. 👍
Thanks! I actually have purchased a variety of Yamamoto Papers with the intention of testing them and then reviewing them, but I've never really gotten around to it... my pens and inks have gotten higher priority. Hope I get to it one of these days!
Love the Ranga Pens but wish they had more design shapes. They feel all the same, either larger or smaller and just different material. Still buy ones that speak to me but one can hope.
I have two splendours that I love, the last one I ordered with two sections, for both a Jowo 6 and a Bock #8. Since then the Jinhao 7mm nib came out and they can make a section for that as well. my only complaint is really that he makes each pen by hand to fit the section(s) and cap, but they don't fit across pens. he insists on making it by hand and inconsistently, and so you can't order a new cap or section later without sending him the original body to fit it to.
I'd heard that they've started making sections that will fit the large Jinhao nibs, and thought about ordering a pen that's threaded for one... maybe in the future. The fact that each pen is a little different might be a a bit frustrating, but it's also part of the charm 🙂
@@AndrewWertheimer Ahh yes... I did. Nibs and chips. According to UA-cam, I watched it a couple of years ago, but I definitely remember the scenes inside their workshop.
I am new to the hobby of pen collection. There are some of these in my collection. There is something serene about ink, ink flow, nibs, and your voice brother. But, just curious, you often choose broad nibs. And I know there are there are things personal behind everything we chose. If possible, please let me know what attracts you to have broad nibs:-)
When it comes to nibs, there are only a couple of reasons that I tend towards broader nibs. Since you've seen my channel, you know that I'm probably more interested in inks that I am pens... and broad nibs show off inks better than finer ones. The other reason is simply that broad nibs tend to be smoother, and feel smoother on regular paper.
I think that it would be fairly difficult to strip the threads for the cap and body/grip section. The nib unit threads inside the section do not seem to be at any risk of getting stripped, but I suppose that if you put some extra effort into it, you could if you really wanted to. Why do you ask?
I am about to buy a ranga pen and was confused between the model 5 , splendour and giant 9b. I just wanted to make sure that the threads do not strip on the splendour as you can not do it on the other two pens. So it’s just a parameter for comparison. Btw quick reply man!!
@@TheJigglypuffGuy Ahh, I see. I would not anticipate any of these pens getting stripped threads accidentally. With enough brute strength, any plastic pen's threads will strip.
I don't need more pens and certainly don't need more inks. Really, I don't. I have more fountain pens than I can reasonably use, and almost four hundred LARGE bottles of ink, though I'm going to cut this number by half in a couple of weeks. Despite this, and against all common sense, I have fallen in love with pens made in India, and Ranga pens in particular. They're different in a good kind of way, and really don't cost very much at all when compared to many name brand pens. And they all just seem to work.
This is a blue ink that I've been developing myself... it's home made. It's very medium, at this point... medium flow, average dry time, etc. Just a little bit of sheen on some papers, but not this one.
Nice pen design. A departure from the customary Ranga profile. Nice even flow unlike the choppy, in my opinion, design of the standard Ranga iterations. Probably why I have never owned one, not that I haven't looked at their line-up time and again. Great review, as is traditional Wet Pen showings. Take care...
Thanks! I really love this profile of the uncapped pen, but was never a fan of the look with the torpedo cap, so this variation works pretty well for me.
@@kyteditz5839 I personally can't do calligraphy with any sort of pen, but flex pens are popular for others to do calligraphy. I'll see what I can do about testing more flex nibs
not a big fan Ranga pen. Personally I'm tired to see fountain pen with marbling effect. from splendour peak to torpedo series and up abhimanyu. pretty much the same shape.
Matt, again just such joy watching another greatly-anticipated production/creation of yours herein. I love Ranga, and all their exceptional artful iterations... My 9B is a star in my collection. Just so undeservedly under-appreciated or "invisible" by most pen-video content creators. I have had mine for over five years and it still inspires that increasing height of "catharsis" by which we are all too-readily possessed when nib touch paper... that near-unintelligible "not-yet-words" our voice can't quite utter but is so easily seen on our faces when trying to explain "why fountain pen(s)" to non "'pen people." It's nothing fancy. Just some old, just another big old black "Ebonite," unsuspecting and intentionally unassuming "'pen", but for its gaze-grabbing proportions... and "but that nib though!" Anyway. I know you can relate. I love Ranga. And all you created herein are why.... Again, big thanks to you. Amazing, amazing what you do and I so appreciate how you always have that angle we "pen people" need but not often enough do we get... "from those others much like us."
Thank you! I always appreciate the thoughtfulness and feeling that you put into your comments, too 🙂
I recently got my first Ranga and they are so beautiful ❤️
Another beauty ... love that material!
Thanks for this nice introduction into Ranga pens. This spring I ordered two pens from them. One in ebonite and one in acrylics. Because you can order them in the way you want, you can make them personally meaningful. Which is something I did. Both pens really have a character of their own, which is something which is often missing from mass produced pens.
I completely agree :-) Thanks for watching the video!
I was using Ranga Splendour as eyedropper. Never used any silicone grease or O ring. Didn’t have any problem with leaks/burping. But I always kept the pen almost full. Ranga offers No.8 nibs and Gold nibs as well.
Yes, they have so many threads and they're so well made that it doesn't surprise me that they'd work well without any modification. I've though about getting #8 nibs a few times, but the price is outrageous for no real benefit, so I haven't bothered. Gold nibs, though... that's on my list.
Fantastic. Always enjoy your videos. The reflection is brilliant. Never seen one like it. Ranga with ti nib is on the list.
I have this pen in a Teal Ebonite with a broad nib. It is the biggest pen I have by far and a wonderful writer.
I suspect that I will get another one or two in some of the other materials... I'm always a fan of ebonite, too.
@@thewetpen , it is a lot of whatever material they use. ebonite is an interesting material.
Hey Matthew! That's a sweet-looking pen. Even on video, the chatoyancy comes through beautifully. I love the nib and your thoughts about getting something that holds significance for you. Great message & I get it. More & more, I've been gravitating towards small, independent pen makers. I've thought about getting a Ranga more than a few times. I just need to figure out which model would work best for me. Awesome video as usual!🤘🏻
Thanks Roxie 🙂 Ranga has enough variety that I'm sure you'll find something that you like, if you decide to go with one.
I love my splendours that I own! I never thought to ask for a pointed body with a rounded cap. I like what you did there!
Thanks Dustin :-) You have some really beautiful nibs on yours!
Nice pen. Looks good. Very good video.
Keep it up 👍
Thank you, sir! It's always nice to hear from you again 🙂
very helpful review
Great review! I love Ranga and like you use mine with a multitude of nibs. I bought mine from Peyton Street Pens in blue ebonite. Simple but great writer. As always wonderful well crafted video of extremely high quality. Thanks
I have a few of their pens, and they never fail to make me happy. They've all been comfortable, well made, and good writers... with one exception. I think that it was an Abhimanyu that had a bit of a scratchy nib... but it was a quick fix. Thanks for watching my videos 🙂
@@thewetpenyou are welcome. I appreciate the thoughtful and well articulated reviews and the efforts you put in your videos. I am a grateful subscriber.
Ps: what is the name of the resin used in this pen by Ranga. It is not shown on their website and I am not on FB. Thanks in advance.
@@OnMyOm This one is "R26, White Blue Swirl"
Always of interest, keep these measured reviews coming. Can I suggest a topic for review? Yamamoto fountain pen friendly stationery…buy various A4 packets and critique the lot. 👍
Thanks! I actually have purchased a variety of Yamamoto Papers with the intention of testing them and then reviewing them, but I've never really gotten around to it... my pens and inks have gotten higher priority. Hope I get to it one of these days!
Love the Ranga Pens but wish they had more design shapes. They feel all the same, either larger or smaller and just different material. Still buy ones that speak to me but one can hope.
Larger, smaller, and different material is why I buy most pens. The Ranga pens I have all feel different.
I have two splendours that I love, the last one I ordered with two sections, for both a Jowo 6 and a Bock #8. Since then the Jinhao 7mm nib came out and they can make a section for that as well. my only complaint is really that he makes each pen by hand to fit the section(s) and cap, but they don't fit across pens. he insists on making it by hand and inconsistently, and so you can't order a new cap or section later without sending him the original body to fit it to.
I'd heard that they've started making sections that will fit the large Jinhao nibs, and thought about ordering a pen that's threaded for one... maybe in the future. The fact that each pen is a little different might be a a bit frustrating, but it's also part of the charm 🙂
Nice philosophy on collecting their pens. I like my Ranga too.
Thanks. I (somehow) have lots of pens, but find myself coming back to my Rangas all the time.
@@thewetpen did you see a UA-cam video of some Indian FP fans making a trip there ? The site is something like chips and pens.
@@AndrewWertheimer Ahh yes... I did. Nibs and chips. According to UA-cam, I watched it a couple of years ago, but I definitely remember the scenes inside their workshop.
@@thewetpen ah yes. Never been to India myself but it would be fun to check out one or two places and look for vintage pens. Cheers.
I am new to the hobby of pen collection. There are some of these in my collection. There is something serene about ink, ink flow, nibs, and your voice brother.
But, just curious, you often choose broad nibs. And I know there are there are things personal behind everything we chose. If possible, please let me know what attracts you to have broad nibs:-)
When it comes to nibs, there are only a couple of reasons that I tend towards broader nibs. Since you've seen my channel, you know that I'm probably more interested in inks that I am pens... and broad nibs show off inks better than finer ones. The other reason is simply that broad nibs tend to be smoother, and feel smoother on regular paper.
Can you strip the threads on this pen ?
I think that it would be fairly difficult to strip the threads for the cap and body/grip section. The nib unit threads inside the section do not seem to be at any risk of getting stripped, but I suppose that if you put some extra effort into it, you could if you really wanted to. Why do you ask?
I am about to buy a ranga pen and was confused between the model 5 , splendour and giant 9b. I just wanted to make sure that the threads do not strip on the splendour as you can not do it on the other two pens. So it’s just a parameter for comparison. Btw quick reply man!!
@@TheJigglypuffGuy Ahh, I see. I would not anticipate any of these pens getting stripped threads accidentally. With enough brute strength, any plastic pen's threads will strip.
I don't need more pens and certainly don't need more inks. Really, I don't. I have more fountain pens than I can reasonably use, and almost four hundred LARGE bottles of ink, though I'm going to cut this number by half in a couple of weeks.
Despite this, and against all common sense, I have fallen in love with pens made in India, and Ranga pens in particular. They're different in a good kind of way, and really don't cost very much at all when compared to many name brand pens. And they all just seem to work.
What is the blue ink?. Looks nice along with a beautiful pen.
This is an ink that I've been developing myself. I have a few different formulas that I'm playing with... but this is the most reliable one so far.
@@thewetpen beautiful blue.
What ink is that u have used
This ink is one that I've been developing myself; it's home made.
Hi, what is the name of the blue ink?
This is a blue ink that I've been developing myself... it's home made. It's very medium, at this point... medium flow, average dry time, etc. Just a little bit of sheen on some papers, but not this one.
@@thewetpen Dang. I came to ask the same question and that is not what I wanted to hear. It is a great color.
@@wiramonol5266 Glad you like it. If I ever decide to start a Patreon page, maybe I'll offer it up to patrons 🙂
@@thewetpenwhat ink have u used in this pen
Nice pen design. A departure from the customary Ranga profile. Nice even flow unlike the choppy, in my opinion, design of the standard Ranga iterations. Probably why I have never owned one, not that I haven't looked at their line-up time and again. Great review, as is traditional Wet Pen showings. Take care...
Thanks! I really love this profile of the uncapped pen, but was never a fan of the look with the torpedo cap, so this variation works pretty well for me.
It's all personal taste. I don't think I've seen a Ranga pen that didn't strike me as beautiful.
Make a click artistocrat review pls
Hi its me again.....can u do calligraphy with a flex pen
And can u try more flex nibs that are cheap??as I live in india
@@kyteditz5839 I personally can't do calligraphy with any sort of pen, but flex pens are popular for others to do calligraphy. I'll see what I can do about testing more flex nibs
Thanks one more thing ,can you make a video about the fountain pen nibs...I would personally love it if it's your next post
Love your vids smile much....thanks for all the information
Pen model name
@@sreeharsha7994 Ranga "Splendour" is the model.
not a big fan Ranga pen. Personally I'm tired to see fountain pen with marbling effect. from splendour peak to torpedo series and up abhimanyu. pretty much the same shape.
Unbox th lamy lx